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Susan Rebecca White

The Southern novelist and author of “Bound South” and “A Soft Place to Land,” will give a talk about fiction and Southern identity entitled “Your Place at the Table.” Mercer University’s Medical School Auditorium, 1220 College St. Free. 478-301-2588. 7 p.m. March 1.

Jim Wallis

The Rev. Jim Wallis, author of “America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America,” will be speaking at “Renewing a Right Spirit,” a service of lament and reconciliation for Ash Wednesday. Centenary United Methodist Church, 1290 College St. 7 p.m. March 1.

Includes a storytelling workshop led by Wendy Hamm in the amphitheater in the afternoon. Benson Room, Candler Building, Wesleyan College. 6 p.m. April 28.

Macon Writers Group

Sidney Lanier Cottage, 935 High St. Membership in the group is open and free, and writing of every sort is accepted. For more information, email trayers.shane@gmail.com. 2-4 p.m. the last Saturday of each month.

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